Senior Manager/Deputy General Manager – API Costing – Pharma Human Touch

The Corporate Institute; Mumbai; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute in Mumbai seeks a seasoned CMA to lead costing, budgeting and financial planning for pharma/chemical operations. You will perform API costing, validate COGS, and communicate insights to Business Development and Marketing teams.

You will also manage regulatory reporting, inventory valuation, cost audits and drive automation using Anaplan, Power BI and SAP BW, collaborating with cross‑functional teams to deliver cost efficiencies.

Qualifications

• Qualified CMA with 10+ years of costing exposure in pharma/chemical sectors.
• Experience with API costing and COGS communication to stakeholders.
• Strong budgeting and variance analysis capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Perform API actual costing with trend and variance analysis.
• Compute/validate COGS and share insights with BD and Marketing.
• Manage budget preparation and variance analysis for cost optimization.
• Handle CAS-4/PLI regulatory reporting quarterly.
• Perform inventory valuation across Plant, C&F, and in‑transit stock.
• Support cost audits, cost sheets and annexures for compliance.
• Lead RPA initiatives using Anaplan, Power BI, and SAP BW; draft BRDs.

Skills

Costing

API Costing

Budgeting

Variance analysis

COGS validation

Education

CMA Certification

Tools

Anaplan

Power BI

SAP BW

Job description

Role Overview:

Need a qualified CMA with 10+ years of costing exposure, with recent API Costing experience within a Pharma or chemical organization.

1. Product Costing & Analysis:

• Perform API actual costing, including detailed trend and variance analysis.
• Compute and validate COGS (Cost of Goods Sold) and communicate insights to stakeholders such as Business Development and Marketing teams.

2. Budgeting & Financial Planning:

• Manage budget preparation.
• Perform variance analysis and provide actionable insights for cost optimization.

3. Regulatory & Compliance Reporting:

• Handle CAS-4 / PLI working, including submission of raw material cost break-ups (local vs. imported) as per government regulations on a quarterly basis.

4. Inventory Management & Valuation:

• Perform monthly and quarterly inventory categorization and valuation.
• Evaluate inventory across Plant, C&F locations, and In-transit stock.

5. Cost Audit & Financial Reporting:

• Support cost audit activities and cost sheets and profit reconciliation statements.
• Compile annexures and schedules for cost audit compliance.

6. Automation & Process Improvement (RPA):

• Work with consultants on RPA (Robotic Process Automation) initiatives across systems such as Anaplan, Power BI, and SAP BW.
• Draft and document Business Requirement Documents (BRDs) for automation projects.
• Identify opportunities for process optimization and digital transformation.